Roaming - £20 for one photo upload to Facebook ... is this normal ..?

[Anonymous]

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help.  Recently visited Australia and I was out of credit (through roaming charges again).  I put a £20 top up on at 06:46, went online and posted a single photo and status to Facebook and I then got another message from O2 at 06:52 saying I was once gain out of credit.  I only have a couple of Apps set to use mobile data, no calls were made or received - the only thing was a single Facebook update (admittedly from Bondi Beach) and BANG ... £20 of credit is gone in a few seconds.  Is this normal ...?    

[MI5]

Unfortunately yes
Data abroad esp outside of EU is very expensive. Around £6 mb from memory.

[Cleoriff]

Hi @Anonymous It would have been very expensive. Australia is a Zone 5 country and these are the costs

You would have been far better using Wifi and sending pictures via messenger etc etc

[MI5]

Yeah thought it was £6 per mb 😞

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:
Yeah thought it was £6 per mb 😞

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And obviously I have no need to point out that I was capturing and snipping that image before you rocked up and said one word..:smileywink:

[MI5]

Link to all International prices here http://international.o2.co.uk/internationaltariffs/travelling_abroad

[Anonymous]

That's one expensive Facebook status 

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

That's one expensive Facebook status 

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I bet yours was cheaper than that @Anonymous I seem to remember you mentioning that you had a trip down under not so long back?....

[gindygoo]

Woaahhhh.... Turn off roaming lol that's mental!

[MI5]

It's only a very average 3mb photo......